Getting value of select (dropdown) before change

Answer 1

var last_value;
var current_value;
$(document).on("click","select",function(){
    last_value = $(this).val();
}).on("change","select",function(){
    current_value = $(this).val();

    console.log('last value - '+last_value);
    console.log('current value - '+current_value);
});